Press Releases from 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 19, 2018—Southern Baptist leaders in Texas join the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention in calling for a repeal of the parking and transportation tax on non-profit organizations, including houses of worship found in the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017.  Nathan Lino, pastor of Northeast Houston

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 18, 2018—Through a variety of efforts, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, has encouraged Christians to honor and protect the dignity of all human life, from the unborn to the elderly in unprecedented ways in 2018. This charge will culminate at the upcoming 2019 Evangelicals for Life conference at

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 11, 2018—The book, “The Storm-Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home” authored by Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, has been named the Christianity Today 2019 Book of the Year. This honor is given to a release that “best embodies CT's pursuit of truthfulness and loveliness”

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 23, 2018—Dr. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, wrote an op-ed that ran in today’s print edition of The Wall Street Journal on a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that would tax non-profit organizations for the cost of parking and transit benefits

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 14, 2018—The fourth annual Evangelicals for Life conference will be held January 17–18, 2019, at McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Va., where more than 30 leading evangelical speakers will convene to talk about issues of human dignity, including abortion, adoption, foster care, euthanasia, human trafficking and other assaults on the vulnerable around the world.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 13, 2018—The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention delivered a coalition letter to members of the U.S. Congress today calling for the repeal of a new tax on churches and nonprofits, which will extract $1.7 billion in taxes from the charitable sector over 10 years. This provision in

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 13, 2018—Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska will join together at the National Press Club, Nov. 26 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. EST for a discussion on the growing problem of loneliness in America.  The event will be hosted by The Trinity

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NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 5, 2018—The ERLC is working with NFL Player Ben Watson to place its third ultrasound machine this year, through the Psalm 139 Project, at the Andrew P. Sanchez Center location of Baptist Community Health Services in the 9th Ward of New Orleans.  The Psalm 139 Project is a ministry of the

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